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Message from Austria to Turkey
> I'm a big fan of survival, myself!
>
> I suspect you'll be Russia's target quite soon, so your survival might
> hinge on keeping him at bay. We started this game working against him,
> and it might be a good idea to try that again before he gets too big for
> the two of us. With Germany gone, so is your biggest benefactor, and
> Russia looks to be all around you.
What do you have in mind? My support of Bul-Ser took care
of that pesky italian army, but it hasn't given me back a third
army to play with. I was ok with that as it provided you with
the fleet you needed to go against Italy, but I would appreciate
getting Ser this year to improve my chances of survival. Would
that be ok for you?
Philippe
Message from Germany to all
Turkey, I blame you for my downfall. So my wil and testament requests that
England, France and Italy position their fleets as such to allow me to
convoy
to CON to have a few words to you. I will be bording in HEL and hopping vai
NTH, ENG, MAO, WES, TYS, ION, AEG to CON.
I would be gratefull if the AEG would assist in this operation.You owe me at
least that much for all the bad advice you have been pressing me these last
few years.
Message from Austria to all
Hi all,
I'm not going to be available this week-end and will
get back to everyone monday.
Philippe
Message from Turkey to Austria
I'll tell you what: I'll trade you Ser for support into Rum from Bud.
That will give you some breathing room, and allow me to move into Russia
proper.
jason
Message from Russia to all
This has been a hellishly busy week for me and the weekend doesn't look
much better. (Then again, neither does next week, so I'll just try to deal
with it and not request any extensions). While I've managed to dash off a
note here and there, I've mostly disappeared for the last two days. My
apologies to those who are owed notes from me, I will attempt to get notes
out before the end of the night.
In addition to overall time management issues, my ISP started deciding
sometime last week that certain messages from USTX are spam. This means
that I didn't see some messages for days after they arrived here, and
because of user error a couple of those messages were immediately deleted.
I *believe* that I have at least seen every message that was sent to me,
even if I still don't have a copy on hand, but if you sent anything really
important to me in the last few days, I request that you resend it.
--- Eric
Message from Russia to Turkey
Thinking about the board finally, it looks like we could start pressing
against A and I simultaneously if you'd like. You seemed to think that
Austria had given Italy info about your moves for last Fall -- you're
probably right -- he's likely trying to play you against Italy. That's
probably the only way he's going to survive.
If you are interested in doing this (taking on both of them), then I think
we should put off the Rum unit swap, and just go straight out for centers.
What I'd suggest is something like: you support me into Bud, while either
taking Gre, or supporting yourself to Eas (I'd suggest the latter to keep
Andy from slipping into Eas or Aeg). With that we'll both end up at least
plus one this year. Depending on the situation after those moves, we can
hold as is, I can press for Vie, we could try to get you Tri, I could give
you Rum, and/or you can try to take the Ion. Next year we'd push to get you
Tri and me Vie (whichever were left over from before) and we can trade Rum
around if either of us really needs an extra build (a fleet in Rum
shouldn't be a problem for either of us).
What do you think?
--- Eric
Message from Turkey to Russia
An interesting plan. It would certainly divide Austria up fairly.
How are things coming in the north with England and Germany? You
obviously have several avenues of advance there to bolster your cause.
Because of that, it might make more sense for you to focus on the north,
while I focus more on the south.
jason
Message from Russia to Turkey
>How are things coming in the north with England and Germany? You
>obviously have several avenues of advance there to bolster your cause.
>Because of that, it might make more sense for you to focus on the north,
>while I focus more on the south.
Too be honest, I don't know. I haven't been diploming enough with anyone
recently, but that is why I had all of those different ideas about going
forward in my last message. If I have expansion in the north -- or even
just hold even -- then I really only need one or two centers from the
south, while you can take the rest and run over Italy. If France really is
going to come after him too (as it looks like) then you need to get to Tun
soon, since that's key to both getting into France, but also keeping France
from soloing if things go badly for me in the North, which is not very
unlikely at this point.
Does this mean that you like the idea of hitting A now, or that you have a
different plan? Inherent in my suggestions is that you get all of Italy --
I have no need of those centers in an RT, so even if we "split" the Balkans
evenly, you'd still be getting LOTS of centers. And again, if I do really
well in the north, then I can shift north and give you Rum early to help
even things out.
--- Eric
Message from France to Austria and Turkey
Gentlemen:
We seem to have some converging interests on the board these days. Would
you care to discuss how my fleets might be of assistance in the
Mediterranean?
Erik
Message from Turkey to Austria and France
Good to hear from you.
As to the Med, I assume you'll head for Wes and Lyo this coming turn,
which will help draw away fleets from our side. After that, I presume we
can converge in the middle.
Is there anything specific you wish to collaborate on?
jason
Message from Turkey to Russia
That's fine, my main concern was that with the implosion of Germany, you
stand to gain a decent amount in the north, depending on how England reacts.
I'll go ahead and support you into Bud this season, and we'll see where
we end up.
jason
Message from Austria to Turkey
> I'll tell you what: I'll trade you Ser for support into Rum from Bud.
> That will give you some breathing room, and allow me to move into Russia
> proper.
Work for me :-) Support into Rum from Ser will be available this fall.
Have you heard anything back from Italy & Russia since last year?
Philippe
Message from Turkey to Austria
Um, that wasn't how I had planned it - I figured I'd get Rum in the
Spring, and then give you Ser once I'd vacated.
I haven't heard much from Italy, although Russia has been talking a little.
jason
Message from Russia to Turkey
Hey Jason,
Just checking in, given that we've got extra time now.
Are you still okay with me taking Bud? I got a weird message from Philippe
that didn't jibe with what we've talked about. If you want to talk about
different moves, let me know. And I'm still planning on you taking Rum in the
long term.
--- Eric
Message from Turkey to Russia
Hey Eric,
Don't worry about Philippe - he's just passing on disinformation. You're
on for support into Bud, and I'm good with taking Rum in the fall.
Thanks for the info on Philippe, though. Nice to know who's talking to whom.
jason
Message from Russia to Turkey
Sounds good. Ser for me, then Rum for you. Next year we should be able to
take Tri and Vie, then it's spaghetti and pizza for you. :)
--- Eric
Message from Russia to Turkey
> Sounds good. Ser for me, then Rum for you. Next year we should be able to
> take Tri and Vie, then it's spaghetti and pizza for you. :)
Note to self: don't write press after midnight -- especially following office
parties that involve alchohol. Obviously I meant Bud, not Ser.
--- Eric
Message from Austria to Turkey
> Um, that wasn't how I had planned it - I figured I'd get Rum in the
> Spring, and then give you Ser once I'd vacated.
>
> I haven't heard much from Italy, although Russia has been talking a little.
That's a surprise. I'm finally free to get this turn's
results, but I find this instead. So, should I still
expect to support you from Ser this fall?
Philippe
Message from France to all
Sorry, all. I had a big issue involving my e-mail provider that has now
been fixed.
Erik
Austria: Army Budapest → Serbia (*bounce, dislodged*)
Austria: Fleet Trieste → Albania
Austria: Army Vienna SUPPORT Fleet Trieste (*void*)
England: Fleet Denmark → Helgoland Bight
England: Fleet Kiel → Holland (*bounce*)
England: Fleet Liverpool → Irish Sea
England: Fleet London → English Channel
England: Fleet North Sea SUPPORT Fleet Kiel → Holland
France: Army Belgium SUPPORT Army Holland
France: Army Burgundy → Ruhr (*bounce*)
France: Army Gascony → Marseilles
France: Army Holland SUPPORT Army Belgium (*cut*)
France: Fleet Irish Sea → Mid-Atlantic Ocean
France: Fleet Marseilles → Gulf of Lyon
France: Fleet Spain (south coast) → Western Mediterranean (*bounce*)
Germany: Army Berlin → Kiel (*bounce*)
Germany: Army Ruhr → Holland (*bounce*)
Italy: Fleet Ionian Sea → Greece (*bounce*)
Italy: Fleet Naples → Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy: Fleet Tunis → Western Mediterranean (*bounce*)
Italy: Army Tyrolia SUPPORT Austrian Army Vienna
Italy: Army Venice → Rome
Russia: Fleet Baltic Sea SUPPORT English Fleet Denmark → Kiel (*void*)
Russia: Army Bohemia → Munich
Russia: Army Galicia → Budapest
Russia: Fleet Rumania SUPPORT Turkish Army Bulgaria
Russia: Army Sevastopol SUPPORT Fleet Rumania
Russia: Army Silesia → Berlin (*bounce*)
Russia: Army Sweden → Norway
Turkey: Fleet Aegean Sea → Greece
Turkey: Fleet Black Sea SUPPORT Army Bulgaria
Turkey: Army Bulgaria SUPPORT Fleet Aegean Sea → Greece
Turkey: Army Serbia SUPPORT Russian Army Galicia → Budapest
Turkey: Fleet Smyrna → Aegean Sea
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